Photo: Gus Campbell
Claire Debono
Representation: UK
Maltese soprano, Claire Debono graduated with an MMus from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she studied with Laura Sarti. Recent operatic roles include: Anne Trulove The Rake’s Progress for Théatre de la Monnaie; European and New York tour of Illia Idomeneo with Les Arts Florissants, including performances at the Lincoln Centre, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Peralada Festival and Teatro Filarmonico di Verona; Despina Cosi Fan Tutte and Hanako Hanjo for Opéra de Lyon; Concert performance of Zerlina Don Giovanni and for Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie on their tour of Japan; Vespina L’Infedelta Delusa at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, La Gloire Armide at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Isabelle L’Amant Jaloux in Versailles, Minerva Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria in Madrid and Cupid Semele at Théâtre des Champs Elysées and Barbican, London.
Concert performances include: Tour of Europe and New York with William Christie’s Le Jardin des Voix; Mozart Mass in C Minor with Orchestre de Paris and Neeme Jarvi, Mozart Recital with Concerto Köln, Rameau recital for Bozar in Brussels and concerts at St. James Piccadilly, London with guitar duo ¡Canto vivo! and Unsuk Chin’s Cantatrix Sopranica for the Settembre Musica Festival (Milan and Turin) with The London Sinfonietta. Her discography includes Le Jardin des Voix (EMI/Virgin Classics) and Harmonia Sacra (EMI/Virgin Classics).
Engagements in 2010/2011 include a series of concerts with The Kings Consort, Mahler 2nd Symphony with Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Recital at Bozar (Brussels) and Adina L’Elisir d’Amore in St-Etienne and Rouen. Subsequent engagements include Cavalli’s La Didone with William Christie in Caen, Luxemburg and Théâtre des Champs Elysées, First lady Die Zauberflöte with Jean-Christophe Spinosi at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and Opéra de Nice, and Despina at Théâtre des Champs Elysées with Jeremie Rhorer.
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Email: Lucie Davienne
